00:00There was a time that because I celebrated my win that I was the first runner-up after a long time.
00:08Then 10 years later, Venus Rah was in 4th place.
00:16And then much later, there were others who were the first runner-up.
00:21There was a time that I felt insecure when someone was getting close to winning Miss Universe.
00:29I was like, oh no, oh no, I'm going to be replaced.
00:32So there was that level of insecurity at some point in my life.
00:36But during this time, especially during the time of Venus Rah, I was a new Christian.
00:46And I got to know Jesus, I got to know who I was in His eyes.
00:51And when I had a personal encounter with God, He called me a child.
01:00I was crying, I said, I have a lot of problems, I don't know what to do.
01:06I was so tired, my head was crying.
01:09I imagined that He was sitting on the throne, and I was on His feet.
01:14I put my head on His lap.
01:17Then I felt God, His hair was like a string, and He said to me,
01:21Child, child, child.
01:25So that's when I first experienced and realized what I am in the eyes of God.
01:33Because before, my identity was based on being a celebrity, being a beauty queen.
01:39How much money I have, how big my house is, how expensive my things are, my cars, my bags.
01:46And in this digital age, how many likes, how many likes or followers we have on social media.
01:53But since God called me a child, I realized that my identity must be based on how He sees me as His daughter.
02:00As His beloved daughter who is so precious in His sight.
02:04And I realized that is one identity that no one can ever take away from me.
02:09And it will go on to eternity.
02:13And if I am a child of God, and God is the Lord of Lords and King of Kings,
02:21it means that I am a child of a king, and that makes me a princess.
02:27I am a princess.
02:29All of a sudden, all of my insecurities melted.
02:34And I saw myself in a different light.
02:36I had a new respect for myself.
02:39And I realized that there are a lot of things that I do that don't fit me anymore.
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